{"product_id":"ode-to-an-onion-pablo-neruda-his-muse","title":"Ode To An Onion: Pablo Neruda \u0026 His Muse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlexandria Giardino and Felicita Sala's poetic, beautifully illustrated picture book is inspired by Ode to the Onion by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904–1973). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePablo has a lunch date with his friend Matilde, who shows the moody poet her garden. Where Pablo sees conflict and sadness, Matilde sees love and hope. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe story is less a biography of Neruda and his muse, Matilde Urrutia (1912–1985), and more a simple ode to a vegetable that is humble and luminous, dark and light, gloomy and glad, full of grief and full of joy—just like life. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Children who love words should warm to Alexandria Giardino's Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda \u0026amp; His Muse. . . . In Felicita Sala's vivacious and beautifully detailed drawings, done in colored pencil, Mathilde's smile and Pablo's glum expression give a tender humor to this real-life relationship.\" —New York Times \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Gloomy versus hopeful.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abrams Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67959732830361,"sku":"TTMBK-B-235034","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/6854\/1081\/files\/Screenshot2026-11-08at2.25.10PM.png?v=1794176763","url":"https:\/\/timetravelmart.com\/products\/ode-to-an-onion-pablo-neruda-his-muse","provider":"Time Travel Mart","version":"1.0","type":"link"}